Article: BRUNO GANZ: THE EUROPEAN FRIEND

BRUNO GANZ: THE EUROPEAN FRIEND

June 25 to July 8, Walter Reade

ABLE GANZ

Frog-voiced multilinguist as Swiss sailor, Icelandic waiter, Russian count, fallen angel

When Bruno Ganz took his leave from the Berlin Schaubuhne theater company to star in The Marquise of O (1976), director Eric Rohmer showed his gratitude by giving his lead actor a lavish royal entrance. Behold this brave Russian count, upholstered in creamy white military duds, caressed by backlighting and dry ice, sword flashing and cape flapping as he swoops in to rescue the titular damsel in distress.

Now 63, Ganz never abandoned the stage for his expansive film career: Norbert Wiedmer's affectionate portrait, Behind Me (2002), ...

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